Tebany Yune

Rampaging wildfires in Australia have reached the suburbs of Sydney, prompting officials to evacuate residents and tourists in some areas. Homes within the city, located in the state of New South Wales (NSW), are in danger due to the extremely…

Schools and local businesses have shuttered during what has become the second worst flooding in Venice history. The exceptionally high tides, known as acqua alta in Italian, have flooded more than 85 percent of the lagoon city, taken an elderly…

Environmental researchers and activists have pushed for a change in consumer behavior to force corporations to alter their harmful business practices. A recent study from researchers at McMaster University have prompted calls for change again — this…

Yes, you read that title right. Worms in people's eyes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified them as Thelazia gulosa, a parasitic roundworm that typically grows between the outer membrane of the eyeball and the eyelid…

Every person counts in the battle against climate change. This means, at some point, real action is necessary to reduce carbon emission levels. 'Raising awareness' can only do so much. Yet it's too easy to feel discouraged about the whole movement.…

Everyone's personal data is for sale. Including the information hopeful high schoolers give to take standardized tests like the SAT. As reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Tuesday, the organization behind the SAT, College Board, is selling…

The Earth is in a 'climate emergency,' declare over 11,000 scientists from around the world, and communities around the world need to take immediate action against climate change. A paper from the Alliance of World Scientists, published on Tuesday,…

Social media can be a good way to keep in touch with friends and family. Now, a study confirms that it's also a great way for the government to keep in touch with its citizens. According to a report on internet freedom by Freedom House — a…

What is the best way to celebrate a 20 million subscriber milestone when you're a Youtuber already known for attention-grabbing stunts? By running a charity drive to plant 20 million trees, of course. That's what Jimmy Donaldson — AKA 'MrBeast' —…

Earlier this month, a Canadian law firm proposed a new class-action suit against Epic Games, alleging that the company's wildly popular game Fortnite is as addictive as cocaine. And it's not the first time video games have been accused of fueling…

Yesterday, while traveling through California on her way to participate in the L.A. Youth Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg posted on Instagram to publicly disclose her decision to decline the Nordic Council environmental award. Calling it a "huge…

When Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist and prominent ufologist, AKA someone who studies UFO phenomena, passed away in May, archivists in New Brunswick, Canada had already gathered his vast collection of UFO documents for preservation. According…

November 15 is approaching fast, and that means we're that much closer to getting Pokémon Sword and Shield in our hands. The Pokémon Company has been ramping up with early peeks at what Pokémon Sword and Shield will offer in terms of new creatures…

In a delightful study that sounds like a story you might've read as a child, researchers at the University of Richmond in Virginia have reportedly trained a group of rats to drive homemade cars. The findings in this study provides evidence that an…

Plastic is notoriously difficult to dispose of. It doesn't degrade quickly enough when tossed into a landfill, and it usually ends up shattering into tiny microplastics that invade our food sources and air. This has not gone unnoticed by researchers…

Trees use leaves to collect sunlight, CO2, and water to create energy in a process called photosynthesis. It's a process that's clean and renewable as long as the tree is alive. With all this talk about clean energy, could humans use a similar…

It thinks, it moves, it's nigh indestructible. It's 'The Blob!' No, no, this isn't referring to the 1958 horror movie. This is the real thing. Formally known as Physarum polycephalum, this fungus-looking yellow slime mold is actually a single-celled…

Step aside, FaceApp — there's a new trending app in town. A photo editing app called Gradient Photo Editor has been making waves on Instagram thanks to a new feature that is "powered by artificial intelligence," according to the developers. Among…

Humans are just scratching the surface of understanding the Earth better, but our time with the planet as we know it is growing shorter. Climate change is altering the Earth's landscape at a rate faster than some people have predicted. And there are…